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FRISBY et al. v. SCHULTZ et al.

Term: 1987
Important Dates
Argued: April 20, 1988
Decided: June 27, 1988
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-3
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia
Concurring
Byron White
Dissenting
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens

FRISBY et al. v. SCHULTZ et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 27, 1988. The case was argued before the court on April 20, 1988.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Wisconsin Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - First Amendment, miscellaneous (cf. comity: First Amendment)
Petitioner: Political candidate, activist, committee, party, party member, organization, or elected official
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Protester, demonstrator, picketer or pamphleteer (non-employment related), or non-indigent loiterer
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 487 U.S. 474
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Sandra Day O'Connor

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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